The English Church and the Papacy
From the Conquest to the Reign of John

Zachary Nugent Brooke (Author), Christopher N. L. Brooke (Introduction by)

9780521366878, Cambridge University Press

Paperback, published 13 July 1989

288 pages
21.6 x 14 x 2 cm, 0.367 kg

' … a most remarkable piece of historical reconstruction, which will certainly influence all future work on English ecclesiastical history in the eleventh and twelfth centuries.' Sir Frank Stenton, The English Historical Review

Since this book was first published in 1931 the English church in the eleventh and twelfth centuries has been studied in depth, yet Z. N. Brooke's The English Church and the Papacy, now reissued with a new introduction by C. N. L. Brooke, remains the indispensable point from which all expeditions over this territory begin. The author set out first to determine what the law of the English Church was, and to seek the books on which it was based; then to draw out the consequences of what he had discovered in a general survey of the relations of England and Rome. The crisp, clear judgements on themes and characters in the second half are still worth pondering, for all the nuances that have been added since.

Foreword
Preface
Introduction
1. Ecclesia Anglicana
2. The Western Church in the eleventh century
3. The law of the Western Church
Part I. The Law of the Church in England: 4. The method of this enquiry
5. Lanfranc's collection
6. The twelfth-century collections
7. Medieval libraries and contemporary writers
Part II. The Relations of England with the Papacy: 8. Lanfranc
9. William the Conqueror: the traditional outlook
10. St Anselm: the rise of a papal party
11. Henry I: the maintenance of royal control
12. Stephen: the 'freedom of the Church'
13. Henry II and Thomas Becket
14. Epilogue: from the death of Becket to Magna Carta
Appendix
Index.

Subject Areas: Ecclesiastical [canon law LAFX], Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church [HRCC7], Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 [HBLC], British & Irish history [HBJD1]